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Federal judge strikes down key provisions of Texas sonogram law

By The Associated Press
August 30, 2011

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down key provision of Texas' new law requiring a doctor to perform a sonogram before an abortion, ruling that the measure violates the free...

Man sentenced to life in Waffle House murder of a Georgia man

By The Associated Press
August 30, 2011

(AP) — Calling the crime a "despicable act," a Louisiana judge has sentenced a 22-year-old man to life in prison in the killing of a Georgia insurance agent during an armed robbery at the Waffle...

Tropical Storm Katia continues to gather momentum in Atlantic

By The Associated Press
August 30, 2011

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Katia continues to gain strength as it moves west-northwest across the Atlantic. Katia has maximum sustained winds late Tuesday afternoon of 60 mph (97 kph), a 20 mph...

Presumed dead Moammar Gadhafi daughter could be alive

By The Associated Press
August 30, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Since the rebel takeover of Tripoli, evidence has been mounting that Moammar Gadhafi may have lied about the death of his adopted baby daughter Hana in a 1986 U.S. airstrike. The...

N.O. Mayor Landrieu declares emergency because of marsh fire

By The Associated Press
August 30, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says a new marsh fire near a highway prompted him to declare an emergency and call on the Louisiana National Guard for helicopters to dump water...

Iranian protesters demand help for shrinking saltwater lake

By The Associated Press
August 30, 2011

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters demanding greater environmental protections for one of the world's biggest saltwater lakes have clashed with security forces in western Iran. Photographs...

Nation & World: Hurricane Katrina’s 6th anniversary finds Gulf Coast on mend

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August 29, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Gulf Coast mixed somber ceremonies with New Orleans' signature flair to mark the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and honor those killed during the catastrophic storm...

Nation & World: Hurricane Irene brings worst flooding in a century to Vermont

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August 29, 2011

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Almost a dozen New England towns were rendered virtual islands Monday as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Irene reshaped parts of Vermont and upstate New York, turning...

Nation & World: U.S. envoy complains about United Nations salary increase

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August 29, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S. envoy has complained that a nearly 3 percent cost-of-living salary hike for approximately 4,800 U.N. staff members serving in New York is unwarranted. Joseph Torsella,...

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Nation & World: Tough police tactics for London carnival in wake of earlier riots

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August 29, 2011

LONDON (AP) — It took extra police and earlier closing times, but London's Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's largest street festival, appeared to give the city what it had hoped for Monday: a chance...

Nation & World: Warren Jeffs hospitalized after fasting, in medically induced coma

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August 29, 2011

HOUSTON (AP) — Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was hospitalized Monday in a medically induced coma in critical condition after fasting in the weeks since receiving a life sentence for sexually...

Nation & World: Enviormental regulators OK restart at mill blamed for fish kill

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August 29, 2011

(AP) — State environmental regulators have approved plans for operations to resume at a Bogalusa paper mill responsible for a massive fish kill in the Pearl River. The Department of Environmental...